Kinokunizaka in the Rainy Season
by Kasamatsu Shiro (1898–1991)
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- Type
- Original woodblock print
- First edition
- 1938
- This edition
- The current print is from an early, postwar edition, carrying the Watanabe 6mm seal.
- Image size
- 36.0 × 24.0 cm
- Condition
- Very good (see condition notes)
- Publisher
- Watanabe
Description
A rain scene by Kasamatsu Shiro. A woman and a child walk beneath umbrellas, sheltering from the rain. Towering above them is an magnificent, asymmetric old tree, remotely echoing the shape and effect of the umbrellas. The strength of the rain varies between different prints of this design, but often neither the umbrellas nor the tree seem capable of stopping the torrential rain entirely.
Condition notes
The print is in very good condition, with excellent colors. There are two pinholes in the left margin and very slight mat burn at the outer edges of the margins. On the back, a small note has been written in pencil.
